Estate agents make Pollyanna look like Schopenhauer: they exude optimism from their very pores. It was always going to take more than Britain’s exit from Europe and a global pandemic to burst their bubble. London-focused Foxtons in June claimed a sharp market rebound from the Covid-19 lows of April and May. Now Zenprop is hoping to sell an early 18th-century mansion overlooking London’s Regent’s Park for £185m.
房地產經紀人會讓波麗安娜(Pollyanna)看起來像叔本華(Schopenhauer):他們的每個毛孔里都流露出樂觀的情緒。粉碎他們的泡沫,要付出的代價總是比英國退歐加上一場全球大流行病還要大。以倫敦為業務重點的地產代理福克斯頓(Foxtons)在6月宣稱,市場從4月和5月新型冠狀病毒肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠狀病毒病)造成的低位大幅反彈。目前,房地產公司Zenprop正希望以1.85億英鎊的價格出售一套建于18世紀早期、俯瞰倫敦攝政公園(Regent's Park)的豪宅。